The number of new coronavirus cases imported into mainland China from overseas s...
A closed entrance of a residential community is seen following an outbreak of coronavirus , at downtown Shanghai, China March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
Mainland China had 11 new confirmed cases on Friday, up from eight cases a day earlier, but only four of those - all in the virus epicenter of Hubei province - were locally transmitted. The numbers underscore how China, where the outbreak began in December, appears to now face a greater threat of new infections from outside its borders as it continues to slow the spread of the virus domestically.Hubei has now seen new infections fall for nine straight days. All four of the new cases on Friday, down from five a day earlier, were in provincial capital Wuhan.
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